Our Lifelong Journey!
"Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel
of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of the scornful."
Psalm 1: 1
An ancient Chinese proverb says,
“A journey of a thousand miles
begins with a single step.”
Even long and difficult undertakings have a starting
point; you can’t begin a long journey at the halfway
point. You must begin at the beginning.
The Bible speaks of journeys and paths, referring to the journey
of life. It also speaks of first steps: “Do not set foot on the path of
the wicked” (Proverbs 4: 14, NIV). The point here is that the path
of wickedness won't mysteriously turn to a path of righteousness.
We must start by never setting foot on the path of wickedness.
Or if we are already on that path, we must step off it. Stepping off
that path is what the Bible calls repentance and faith—the choice
on our part to not stand in or step to the path of unrighteousness.
The journey of life with God begins by stepping off one path and
stepping onto another.
Repentance means to change one’s mind, to turn
and go in another direction. Such a choice is a
step of faith—the first step on a lifelong journey.
"Repentance, as we know, is basically
not moaning and remorse, but turning
and change."
J. I. Packer
